Eddie. Eddie!

Stop screaming Eddie! Venom hissed in his mind, moving wildly through his organs to the back of his spine. 'What the!' Eddie couldn't even finish his sentence and grabbed the windowsill, struggling to open it.

'Hello mister Brock! Uh I mean Eddie.' The kid answered gleesome, hanging upside down, in that ridiculous suite of his, in front of Eddie window. 'Peter!' Eddie grumbled angerly, but let the kid in now that he finally got the window open. Pussy. Screamed like a little girl.Venom chuckled, Eddie couldn't see him but he knew that even though Venom didn't have them, he was grinning ear to ear. 'Don't ever do that again! What if people saw you?' Eddie said angerly, a little upset about the scream he had produced, pointing his finger at Peter who now had climbed inside. 'I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to scare you.' Peter said innocently, his smile hidden behind his mask. 'Yeah laugh it up kid. And I wasn't scared' Eddie grumbled stepping back into his Livingroom and moving towards the kitchen, he felt Venom move leisurely. 'Well, that sound you produced, suggested.' Peter started, but Eddie didn't let him finish.

'You hungry kid? I know I am.' Eddie quickly asked and let out a nervous chuckle, he then started loudly rummaging through the cupboards, to chase away the silence. Peter now to walked into the kitchen taking a seat, realizing it was the same seat he had sat on this morning, when he woke up on Eddie's couch. 'Uhm... yes please, thank you.' Peter answered, shuffling in his seat, looking around Eddies apartment, aunt May had raised him properly, thank you very much. 'Stop looking kid, I know my room is a mess.' Eddie sighed and opened a plastic container, dropping the mac and cheese from two days back into a pan and turning up the stove. He turned around and put a plate and cutlery in front of Peter, seeing him smile shyly at him. 'So, how are you mister... Eddie?' Peter asked him, nodding and nervously moving a bag towards Eddie. 'I promised to bring back your clothes.'

'Thanks kid. And Eddie's fine, no mister Eddie, no sir, no nothing.' Eddie paused, taking the bag and looking back up at Peter. 'I should start calling you Peter to hm?' He said softly, putting the bag down, reaching for the mac and cheese. Eddie divided the food over the two plates, put the pan back and sat down. 'So, my day was awful, how about yours?' Eddie asked Peter, trying to start a normal conversation, scooping up some mac and cheese and blowing against it. Thinking how it was just this morning that the two of them officially met, the kid who tried to save him, and which life he saved from falling of a roof top. Had it really been just one day? 'Well thanks to someone I was just right on time today, for school.' Peter said, smiling and also taking a bite of the food. 'Shouldn't you be in bed by now?' Eddie chuckled, burning his tongue. 'Of course not, I'm on midnight patrol!' Peter said sitting upright and dropping the food of his spoon. 'Really?' Eddie grinned, moving some food around and then asked 'Seen any bad guys tonight?'

Peter deflated and sighed 'No, not yet. Nothing exciting. But I heard about what happened with Iron Man today!' Peter finished excited. 'Did you know he is my favorite hero?' Peter started rambling about how Ned and he had looked at the news and how Peter had wished to go, but he couldn't because he had a test to make. 'If I had been there, I would have stopped the guy immediately, just like PWEF and my web would have stopped the car, making it stuck on the ground, you know?' Peter made wild hand movements and imitating how he would have shot his web. Listening to Peter talk, made Eddie smile and feeling old. Why Eddie? Venom asked not understanding the feeling flowing through them. It's called nostalgic V, and this is probably how my father must have felt, when I was little. I would also start telling about my day and there was no stopping me. Hmmm I like listening to the kid he's so... Pure? Eddie finished for Venom. Turning his attention back to Peter.

'You know Eddie, if I didn't have to go to school, I would be doing so much cool stuff. Helping and saving people, catching bad guys...' Peter trailed of, having finished his story whiling putting his spoon down, because he had finished his mac and cheese. 'Well school is important Peter.' Eddie remembered the kid, having also finished his food, he stood up and put the plates into the sink. 'I know, but it is soooo boring.' Peter whined, sitting up and stretching his back, arms up in the air. Eddie laughed 'I know Peter. Maybe tomorrow you have more luck in catching some bad guys.' he turned to look at Peter, smiling encouraging. 'You know why don't you try east from here, there is sketchy neighborhood a few miles down.' 'You think so?' Peter asked, looking excited but also a little unsure about the info just given to him. 'Yeah Peter, I'm sure, I wouldn't tell you about it, if I wasn't sure you couldn't handle it.' Eddie told Peter, knowing his info was 100% right because the place he told Peter about was also Venoms hunting grounds. Lots of bad guys Eddie, tasty snacks... We are hungry Eddie. Venom told Eddie, moving around Eddies kidneys and settling down in a little place next to them. We just ate V. Eddie sighed, sinking back into his chair, looking up he caught Peter staring at him. Peters confused stare turned into a big smile. 'You really think so?!' Peter exclaimed happy, jumping up from his chair. 'Yeah kid I do.' Eddie said, slapping the kid on his shoulder and squeezing it, pushing him back in his seat. Peters look of joy radiated of his face, but also a little surprise, Eddie had faith in him?

Eddie of course had done his research before coming to New York. Wanting, no needing to know all about the heroes of New York and who's path they shouldn't cross. Their powers and their weak points, who knew who and who teamed up with who. New York had a lot of hero's Eddie and Venom had learned, but Spiderman was a lesser known hero. Not much was there to find on the kid so when they met him for the first time, they were happily surprised. The kid was doing a fine job so far, stopping a group of alien weapon smugglers all on his own, so yeah, he had faith in Peter. He had also read about the fight between the Avengers, but he couldn't find out if the kid had something to do with it. Eddie looked back to the clock, which was reading 04:00 AM.

'But you really should go home now, Peter, no more patrols and get a good night sleep, before you go to school again. It's been a long long day and you don't wanna end up looking like me, do you now?' Eddie advised the kid, standing up making Peter look at Eddie. He saw the dark bags under Eddie's eyes, his hair in disarray and the big black hoodie hiding Eddie figure, but not his tired and sloughed stand, as if Eddie had troubles keeping himself up right. 'You know Eddie, I really like talking to you.' Peter said quietly, his ears reddening from embarrassment. 'I mean you're easy to talk to and a lot calmer then my classmates. And my aunt May, she is really protective you know so I can't tell her everything. But you don't treat me like a kid, you treat me like an adult. Unlike mister Stark, who sometimes completely ignores me...' Peter tried to explain but trailed of.

'Woah kid, Stark? Mister Stark? So, you do know Iron Man?' Eddie asked baffled, he hadn't known but... 'Yeah mister Stark offered me an internship!' Peter answered proudly, puffing up his chest, trying to look bigger. 'That's great Peter! Is he keeping an eye out for you, showing you the ropes of being a hero?' Eddie questioned, a smile on his face, leaning back against the kitchen counter. 'Well... He's more of like a backup?' Peter answered unclear, unaware of the way he now seemed to grow smaller, hunching his shoulders, not looking Eddie in the eyes. 'You mean Stark is letting you roam the streets of New York. At night. Alone?' Eddie said, his eyes narrowing, he knew the kid was good and capable, but the thought of the kid doing this all alone. It just didn't feel right. Venom bristled under his skin. We should keep an eye on him Eddie. 'Yeah, we should.'Eddie spoke out loud.

Peter looked back up, his face now scrunched together, confusion in his eyes. 'We?' He asked, Eddie now shaken out of his thought, started to sweat. 'Just lost in my thoughts.' He quickly answered. 'Peter, if you ever need back up, or you're in trouble like yesterday. I don't need you falling of my rooftop again kid. You call me okay? Even if it's nothing and you just wanna talk about your school day, or... just call me. Let me know you're alright, that my faith isn't misplaced.' Eddie sighed, hearing himself rambling, but the feeling to keep the kid save was just too big. Venom to confirmed to the feeling. Eddie took out his phone and gave it to Peter, who now quietly put in his own number. He called it, hearing Peters phone tune from somewhere inside Peter's suit and ended the call, nodding satisfied. 'I won't Eddie. I won't let your confidence be misplaced.' Peter now said serious, his fists clenched and back ram straight, feeling proud that a grownup had so much faith in him. Mister Stark was like that, but after their talk when Stark had fished him out of the water, back when he hadn't captured Adrian Toomes, Liz's dad. Peter just wasn't quite sure of everything. Mister Stark had given back his suit and even invited Peter to the Avengers! But still, he just really wanted to help people and Eddie saw that, he even helped Peter and told him about a neighborhood that needed his help. While mister Stark kept quiet, except for calling Peter to help him catch that iron arm man, Butchy, Bucky?

'Good. But now you really should go kid. You want me to give you a lift?' Eddie now standing up, already reaching for his jacket. 'No no you really don't need to.' Peter tried, but Eddie had already made up his mind. 'No kid, I'm getting you back home.' Eddie said firmly, walking out of his apartment and waving at Peter to follow him. 'All, Alright.' Peter stuttered, but then yawned pretty hard. 'That's what you get kiddo, staying up too late.' Eddie laughed and slapped Peter on the back. Together they now walked down the stairs. This morning they had raced down the stairs, to get Peter on time at school, now they had all the time. Peter yawned again, now feeling how tired he actually was. Once in the garage Peter climbed behind Eddie and off, they were. Traffic was calm and the ride went smooth. Once they had reached Peters apartment, they said their goodbyes. Eddie reminding the kid to go the hell to sleep and if he ever was in trouble. 'Call me!' And Peter assuring Eddie 'Of course Eddie!' and secretly already making plans of going to the neighborhood Eddie told him about. After that Peter convinced Eddie to come up and meet his aunt May.

'So, this is the brother of your friend Peter?' Aunt May said, calling Eddie on his lie, which who started sweating a little even Venom moved nervously around, making Eddie almost squirm in his place. Peter laughed guiltily, slowly trying to hide in his room. Aunt May reprimanded Peter on coming home so late and not calling the evening before. She then sent him to his room to change and invited Eddie to come and sit on the couch, she wanted to know all the details of how Eddie and Peter met and why Peter hadn't come home the other night. Eddie fearing for the parental wrath, quickly told her everything. From meeting Peter on the rooftop where he had tried to stop Eddie from jumping, which wasn't really what he had in mind, to saving him from falling from the rooftop. Skipping the details of the event and not mention one word about Venom.

Aunt May seemed to have taken a liking to them, or Eddie, because when they left, aunt May shoved a plastic container box, worth a week of food, into his hands and thanking Eddie for looking out for Peter. 'Please keep on keeping an eye on him.' She asked Eddie and turned back to see Peter come out of his room. 'Now I really shouldn't be keeping you all up.' Eddie said seeing the clock turn 05:00 AM. Eddie bid May and Peter a goodnight and left for home. 'We like Peter's aunt Eddie. She gave us food.' Venom said elated, slowly appearing on Eddie's left shoulder, facing him. Venom's white teeth blinked in the dark, the light of the streetlamp gave Venoms inky skin a soft glow. Eddie laughed and told Venom. 'You like everyone who gives you free food V.' Eddie then inquired. 'Not hungry for... you know?' Venom shook his snake like head and Eddie climbed on his motorbike. It was time for them to go home too, work wouldn't wait for them. 'You know, I really wanna go to bed.' Eddie sighed, feeling his eyes almost closing on their own. Traffic around them started to get crowded again, the city waking up, but the people not yet fully awake for no one saw Venom who hung over Eddie shoulder, his tongue lolling out of his mouth. Eddie compared the view to that of a dog who stuck his head out of the car window while speeding down the road. 'All in all, V, it was a good day, we saved Peter from falling to his death, got him at school on time, chased Iron Man down New York and hopefully making the papers this morning, met his aunt and.' 'Go home with tasty food. Yessss, a good day Eddie.' Venom interrupted Eddie, grinning, showing of his teeth. 'Oh, show off!' Eddie pushed Venoms head away, accelerated his bike and sped off to his home, hopefully catching two hours of sleep, before heading off to work again.

Notes:

Soooo... lot's of talking,
but next chapter is going to be a lot more exciting! *evil smile*